James P. McCabe, 562 Warren
Avenue, Kingston, announces his
candidacy for re-election to the
Pennsylvania Democratic State
Committee. McCabe has been active
in poltical circles for over 20 years
and serves as a member of the
Luzerne County Democratic Execu-
tive Committee.
McCabe is a graduate of Kingston
High School and is a Marine Corps
veteran of World War II. He has
completed courses in merchandis-
ing, business and finance while
employed for 32 years in the auto-
motive sales field. He is a member
of St. Ignatius Church, Kingston,
and its Holy Name Society, James
is a member of the following organi-
zations: Black -Sheep Detachment
CHARLES FISK
Charles H. Fisk, 55 of RD 1, Sweet
Valley, died March 1. at Nesbitt
Memorial Hospital, Kingston,
shortly after admission.
Surviving are his father, Harry
Fisk, Sweet Valley; sons, James,
Chase; Daniel, Beaumont; Kris, at
home; a daughter, Mrs. Connie
Jones, Lehman; brother, Murray
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Mid-Valley Old Timers Athletic
Association.
McCabe says that many people
are now aware of the important role
of the State Committee, not just at
the state level but also in local
government, and he wants to con-
tinue his active role representing
Luzerne County on the Democratic
State Committee. He has been
endorsed by the Luzerne County
Democratic Organization, the
Wilkes-Barre Sixth Legislative Dis-
trict Executive Committee, and sev-
eral other local municipalities.
Private funeral services were
held from the Curtis L. Swanson
Funeral Home, Pikes Creek, with
the Rev. Jeffrey L. Rarich, pastor
ist Church, officiating. Interment,
Kocher Cemetery, Ruggles.
MICHAEL OLINATZ
Michael G. Olinatz, 74, of Hillside
Road, RD 7, Shavertown, died Feb.
27 in Nesbitt Memorial Hospital,
Kingston, following an illness.
Surviving are his wife, the former
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Anna Baran; daughters, Mrs.
Annette Morris, Medford, N.J.;
Mrs. Jane Sennett, Wilkes-Barre;
Mrs. Susan Barry, Dallas; five
grandchildren; sisters, Mrs. Mary
Musial, Philadelphia; Mrs. An na
Sekel, Plains; Mrs. Helen Kaluzny,
Parsons, Mrs. Lawrie Rhoads, Med-
field, Mass.; brothers, John, Hart-
ford, Conn.; Peter, Wilkes-Barre;
Charles, Burlington, N.J.
Funeral services were held Feb.
29 from the Harold C. Snowdon
Funeral Home, Kingston, with a
Mass of Christian Burial in St.
Therese’s Church, Shavertown, with
the Rev. Joseph Sammons officiat-
ing. Interment, St. Mary’s Byzan-
tine Catholic Cemetery, Dallas.
BERNARD CEASE
Bernard W. Cease, 66, of 220 Lake
St., Dallas, died Feb. 27 in Wilkes-
Barre General Hospital.
Surviving are his®ife, the former
Celia Sokola; daughter, Mrs. Vir-
ginia Noss, Muhlenburg; three
grandchildren; one great-grand-
child.
Funeral was held March 1 from
Nanticoke, with interment in the
Ceasetown Cemetery.
PATRICIA STEELE
Patricia V. Steele, 54, of 85 Oak
Drive, Oak Hill, Idetown, died Feb.
28 in Wilkes-Barre General Hospi-
tal, following a prolonged illness.
Surviving are her parents, Lex M.
Rohland of Huntingdon and Cather-
ine Rieffenderfer Rohland of
Milton; her husband, Robert;
daugliters, Sandra K. Woodling,
Martinsburg; Mrs. Judith Lamo-
reaux, Hunlock Creek; Miss Gini
Steel and Miss Kippie Steele, at
home; six grandchildren.
Funeral was held March 1 in the
Richard H. Disque Funeral Home,
Dallas, with the Rev. Michael
Shambora, her pastor, officiating.
Interment, Huntingdon Memorial
Gardens, Huntingdon.
Mistrial declared
The trial of Nathanie} Owens and
William J. Forrest, inmates at the
State Correctional Institution at
Dallas charged with raping a 19-
year-old prisoner, ended in a mis-
trial last Thursday morning.
Luzerne County Judge Patrick
Toole declared the mistrial when it
was learned that prosecution wit-
ness Terry Fishel, also an inmate at
the prison, had committed perjury
in an unrelated case.
A convicted perjurer is prohibited
from testifying in a criminal case
proceeding unless he is the victim,
according to state law.
Owens, 30, and Forrest, 34, had
been charged with criminal conspir-
acy, involuntary deviate sexual
intercourse and indecent assault.
They are both in prison on robbery
charges.
The prosecutors have 120 days to
retry Owens and Forrest if they
choose to do so.
Home gutted
An unoccupied home on Sedler
Road in Dallas Township was gutted
by fire early Feb. 28.
Forty five Dallas and Kunkle fire-
put out the blaze in the wood frame
house which is owned by Lewis
Powell, RD 6, Sedler Road.
The fire, which started near a
coal furnace in the basement of the
structure, burned out of control for
about an hour, destroying furniture
and other items stored in the house.
Three injured
Three accidents in Lehman Town-
ship on Feb. 28 left two people
injured.
Injured in the mishaps were Keith
Jescavage, 19, of 214 E. Thomas St.,
Wilkes-Barre and Mark Kolojejch-
ick, 18, of Swoyersville.
It was reported that Jescavage
lost control of his 1982 Corvette and
collided with a van driven by Kolo-
jejchick.
Jeffrey Werkheiser, 18, of Sayre,
escaped injury when his car skidded
off the roadway and flipped over on
its roof.
Cars driven by James Baker, 23
of 54 Ransom St., Forty Fort, and
Robert John Aaron, 124 Division St.,
Kingston, also collided but no inju-
ries were reported. :
Cells added
Two cell blocks containing 200
cells will be added to the State
Correctional Institution as part of a
$158.5 million program to expand
and renovate Pennsylvania’s prison
system.
Work on the cell blocks is
expected to be completed by mid-
1985. The $5 million project will
officers.
Funds investigated
Pennsylvania State Police have
begun an investigation into allega-
tions of misuse of public money in
Jackson Township.
The investigation was started as a
result of a request by District Attor-
ney Robert Gillespie. :
Jackson Township Secretary
Henry Zbiek and Roadmaster John
Bombick turned over township
Pecords to state police last Wednes-
ay.
Bombick, Art Hunter of Steele
Road, Plymouth Township; Charles
Cigarski of Chase Road; and Walter
Zincavage of Chase Road are all
employed by the road department in
Jackson Township.
Cigarski, Zincavage and Robert
Hazeltine of Mountain Road are
supervisors in Jackson Township.
It is not known whether charges
will be filed.
Creek widened
Kingston Township and state rep-
resentatives finalized plans for a
$20,400 project to widen Toby’s
Creek in Shavertown. The project is
designed to keep the creek’s waters
inside its banks during periods of
high water. :
The project, which will begin 1,000
feet upstream from the Main Street
Bridge in Shavertown and end at
the bridge, is expected to begin as
early as May and be completed by
mid-June.
The project calls for widening the
creek, which is currently 18 to 21
feet, to a uniform 24 feet and
building three support walls in
areas where the natural banks have
been weakened by erosion.
The state will pay $5,000 of the
cost with the remainder of the
money coming from Kingston Town-
ship’s budget.
Reese charged
Timothy Reese, 25, of Aldren
Heights, Shavertown, faces charges
in Luzerne County Court in connec-
tion with a burglary at a Wilkes-
Barre tavern in December, 1983.
Reese allegedly took $5,000 in
cash, two guns, more than three
cases of beer and other items from
Chick’s Bar on North Main Street.
Having been arrested Feb. 21 on
charges of burglary and theft ty
bunlawful taking, Reese was
released on $30,000 bail March 2. No
date has been set for the trial.
Home destroyed
Fire destroyed a home owned by
Larry Delong on Culvert Hill in
Franklin Township early Sundy
morning, leaving four people home-
less.
Delong was away on business and
Mrs. Delong was visiting relatives
next door while the blaze com--
pletely gutted their wood-frame
house.
Approximately 75 firefighters
from Franklin Township, North-
moreland Township, Mt. Zio,
Kunkle and Harding responded to
the fire.
Trial begins
The trial of Denis J. Abromavage, i
24, of 84 E. Columbus Ave., Pittston,
begin Monday in Luzerne County
Court. Abromavage is charged with
involuntary manslaughter in the
deaths of four boaters on Harveys
Lake last June.
The charges facing Abromavage
include eight counts of involuntary
manslaughter, one count of aggra-
vated assault, four counts of reck-
lessly endangering another person,
two counts of reckless and negligent
operation of a watercraft and one
count of operating watercraft under
the influence of alcohol.
Killed in the accident were Sharon
Pallis, 39, of Valley View Drive, RD
3, Wyoming; her son Joseph, 6;
Karen Pitcavage, 34, of Crown Hill
Village, RD 3, Wyoming; and her
son, Thomas, 7. Another Pallis
child, Michelle, 10, was seriously
injured in the crash.
Request denied
Bernard Karash, an inmate at the
State Correctional Institution at
Dallas, had a request denied by
Judge Bernard Podcasy on March 1.
Karash had requested a reduction of
his four consecutive sentences of
five to 10 years in prison for convic- =
tion on four burglary charges. @ 4
The 21-year-old inmate was con-
victed March 4, 1982, of 12 counts of
burglary, nine of theft and one of
escape in connection with a series of i
incidents in West Side communities.
Karash is also serving a life
sentence for second-degree murder
in the beating death of Julia
Petroski of Kingston in December,
Births —
The following area couples have
announced births during the past
week:
A son to CAROL AND GERALD
RIAUBIA, Box 117, RD 1, Sweet
Valley, on Feb. 27 in Nesbitt Memo-
rial Hospital, Kingston.
A son to MICHELE AND JAMES
SMITH III, P.O. ‘Box 344, Sedler
Road, Dallas, on Feb. 28 in Nesbitt
Memorial Hospital, Kingston.
A son to MICHELLE AND RICH-
ARD HOGANS, 31 Shaver Ave.,
Shavertown ‘on Feb. 26 "in ‘Nesbitt
Memorial Hospital, Kingston.
A daughter to JEANE AND
LOUIS BOOHER, 162 Main St.,
Dallas, on Feb. 29 in Nesbitt Memo-
rial Hospital, Kingston.
A son to NANCY AND WILLIAM
KEATING, 15 Beech St., Swoyers-
ville, on Feb. 29 in Nesbitt Memo-
rial Hospital, Kingston.
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